Evaluation of two selective media for the isolation of Bacillus anthracis

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-30

  Marston, C K ^a,b   Beesley, C ^a   Helsel, L ^a   Hoffmaster, A R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b MS G34   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus anthracis; Chromogenic anthracis agar; Isolation; PLET; Selective media

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIOLOGY; ENZYMES; MORPHOLOGY; POLYSACCHARIDES;

AGAR MEDIA; ANTHRACIS; B.ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS STRAIN; CHROMOGENIC ANTHRACI AGAR; COLONY MORPHOLOGY; ISOLATION; POLYMYXIN, LYSOZYME, ETHYLENEDIAMINETETRAACETIC ACID, THALLIUM ACETATE; SELECTIVE MEDIUM;

ETHYLENEDIAMINETETRAACETIC ACID;

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; AGAR; EDETIC ACID; LYSOZYME; POLYMYXIN; THALLIUM;

BACTERIA; BLOOD; GROWTH KINETICS;

BACTERIUM; COLONY; GENOTYPE; GROWTH; ISOLATED POPULATION; MORPHOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENOTYPE; GROWTH INHIBITION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLATING MEDIUM; SOIL; SPIKE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 45249094499     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2008.02375.x     Document Type: Article

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